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Atomic Age (1990) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Atomic Age (1990) 1
    Published Nov 1990 by Marvel.

    Cover pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Kevin Nowlan. "Broken Silence," script by Frank Lovece, pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Al Williamson; An alien humanoid arrives on a US Air Force base located on a fictional island in the South Pacific; He is called the "Nimbus," as he appeared from the clouds and returns to the clouds, and is from the artificial planetoid "Helix"; He doest have much memory nor does he know where he is or who the inhabitants of Earth are—he just knows he has to kill, via his electricity control powers, other alien humanoids who also arrive on Earth at the same time he does; Set during the 1950s. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $4.50.

  • Issue #2
    Atomic Age (1990) 2
    Published Dec 1990 by Marvel.

    Cover pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Kevin Nowlan. "L.A. Bamba," script by Frank Lovece, pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Al Williamson; The "Nimbus" and the Earthlings clash; the Air Force gets involved; a journalists attempts to break the news about the Nimbus starts to backfire; Set during the 1950s. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $4.50.

  • Issue #3
    Atomic Age (1990) 3
    Published Jan 1991 by Marvel.

    Cover pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Kevin Nowlan. "All in the Nuclear Family," script by Frank Lovece, pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Al Williamson; After Nimbus' encounter with the Air Force and Drones from the Helix, its body becomes affected by the depletion of electricity and it falls into the Air Force base; More is revealed about Nimbus and The Helix via an implanted dream from The Overseers of The Helix; Nimbus is again pursued by the Air Force and the journalist. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $4.50.

  • Issue #4
    Atomic Age (1990) 4
    Published Feb 1991 by Marvel.

    Last issue. Cover pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Kevin Nowlan. "Everybody Mambo!", script by Frank Lovece, pencils by Mike Okamoto, inks by Al Williamson; Having encountered and subsequently falling in love with a female Drone he'd been sent to kill, Nimbus continues with his plan to eliminate a hive of Drones located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Santa Monica, California; More interactions between the Air Force Colonel, the journalist, Drones and the Overseers of the Helix. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $4.50.